> > Bonus: your system will almost certainly be cooler/quieter than what you're> upgrading from. The power per watt on the 6700K is the truth. > > > Not if your old video card is loud. With the room silent, and me sitting next to my> machines, I don't even know they're on. Is there a decent, inexpensive, quiet card?

The 1000-series Nvidia cards had power/heat reduction as a design point, and my 1080 is very quiet just doing normal desktop compositing. If I crank up GTA V at 4K it does make some noise, but still a lot less than the 780 it replaced. A 1060 wouldn't be inexpensive exactly, but it should be both capable and quiet.